Sevyn Soraya Cravens is an ambitious journalist determined to make her mark in a world that thrives on uncovering secrets. When she's assigned to profile global superstar Chris Brown, a man shrouded in controversy and mystery, their clashing worlds ignite a storm neither expected. What begins as a career opportunity soon entangles Sevyn in a web of trust, betrayal, and dangerous revelations that threaten to shatter everything she thought she knew. As her feelings deepen and secrets unravel, Sevyn must navigate the fine line between loyalty and survival. In a game of love and lies, will she uncover the truth, or will the truth destroy them both?

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳....

He moves how he want. She moves the pawns. First one to catch feelings loses. Neither of them plan on losing.

LOVE WAS NEVER FREE, SOME HEARTS JUST COST MORE TO KEEP.

"I guess I'll see you next lifetime Maybe we'll be butterflies I guess I'll see you next lifetime That sounds so divine..."

'Some stories rise from the ashes, ours came from the gutter' Someone that you thought would love you for life, took the chance when it came & ran away. Now, years later, when you built everything you dreamed of, there he came, walking into your store with that face you swore you will never see again & when you do, he'll catch a fist to the throat. He came to drag her into a life she didn't asked to be pulled into.

"Have you ever been loved by a thug baby?" "You make me weak, I can't be around you... but girl I can't stay away." CB X SZA

In a city where love gets you killed, he chose her anyway. Silas rules the South Bronx-feared, untouchable, and built from pain. No one crosses him. No one gets close. That is, until Leilani. She's soft where he's sharp. Quiet where he's loud. Light in the middle of everything he's tried to bury. She wasn't supposed to matter. But when the streets pull her into the dark, Silas finds himself breaking his own rules to keep her close. They say he don't save nobody. But for her? He just might start a war. A short story about loyalty, trauma, survival, and a love that defies the city it was born in.

Even though, I know someday you're gonna shine in your own, I will be your protector.

She never believed in love after her broken past, and he was the last person she thought she'd fall for. But when her path collides with his, their worlds of pain and passion intertwine-proving that sometimes the love you fear the most is the one you need the most.